Blighted Margate Motel to Be Demolished as CRA Acquires Key Parcel for $3.8M City Center

by David Volz July 16, 2025

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Country Haven Motel in Margate. {David Volz}

The Margate Community Redevelopment Agency recently completed the purchase of a parcel of land at 1100 State Road 7 for $3.8 million.

It was announced at the July 8 meeting that the CRA had closed on the property that contains the Country Haven Motel. The structure is now vacant and awaiting demolition.

Mayor Arlene Schwartz is pleased that the CRA now owns the property and is looking forward to seeing the structure demolished. “Because of the property’s location, it naturally will become part of the city center project,” said Schwartz.

Commissioner and CRA Board Chair Anthony Caggiano said the old motel is an example of slum and blight and needs to go. “The whole reason for a CRA is to get rid of slum and blight, and that is what is on this property. It was a great idea for us to purchase this property,” he said.

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David Volz

David Volz has worked as a writer in South Florida for 35 years. He has written for the Sun-Sentinel, Hollywood Gazette, School Transportation News, South Dade News Leaders, Observer among others. He has an MA in Communications from Florida Atlantic University and a BA in Communications from Valparaiso University. Volz teaches Communications at Miami Dade College and Palm Beach State College. He lives in Coral Springs and enjoys running and participating in 5Ks and half-marathons.